DALLAS — Another stormy day is on tap for a large portion of Texas as the Lone Star State faces a renewed threat of destructive hail and tornadoes just 48 hours after some cities were pelted with baseball to grapefruit-sized hail.
Major cities such as the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, San Antonio and Austin are under a level 3 of 5 severe weather risk as determined by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, encompassing some 12 million people. Another nearly 10 million are in a level 2 risk, including Houston and Corpus Christi.
Large hail reaching or exceeding 2 inches in diameter are a primary threat, especially around the Dallas metroplex, but with the risk also stretching into Austin and San Antonio.
This is in the same general area that had some hail reports of 3 to 4 inches in diameter on Wednesday, with one hailstone measured at 4.5 inches just outside Waco, ranking as the largest hailstone observed in the U.S. so far this year.
Supercell thunderstorms are expected to develop around early to mid-Friday afternoon, then eventually transition into a line of intense thunderstorms later Friday evening, at which point the risk of damaging winds with gusts reaching or exceeding 75 mph becomes an additional risk.
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A few tornadoes are possible throughout the event as well.
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Severe storms will clear the state overnight.